Fare-box.



J. F. OHMER.

FARE BOX. APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 12. 1913.

Patented May 9,1916.

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J. F. OHMER.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1913.

Patented May 9, 1916.

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J F. OHMER.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, I913. 1,182,406. Patented May 9,1916.

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JOHN F. OHMER, 0F DAYTON, 0F DAYTON,

OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY, 01-110. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed May 12, 1913. Serial No. 767,123.

To all w [1 0m it on any concern Be it known that I, Join F. OHMER, citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare boxes for use in the collection of fares in street cars or other conveyances. and is an improvement of the device shown and described in my co-pending application. Serial No. 721,274. filed October 7. 1912.

The objects of the invention are several, principally among which is, first, to provide new and improved means whereby an indicator. containing the fare denomination, is exposed from the time a fare is registered until a. fare of another denomination is registered; and second. to provide new and improved means whereby the tickets. transfers or other paper mediums of exchange are mutilated. to prevent a reuse of the same. such mutilation taking place as they are deposited in. upon their collection in the fare box proper.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, brief reference to which precedes a detail description of my invention and improvement, Figure 1 is a. side elevation of my improved fare collection box partially in section. the right hand portion of this view being a section on the lines 1.1 of Figs. 4 and 5: Fig. is a front elevation of the actuating mechanism with part of the casing broken away: Fig. 3 is a section on the line of Fig. 1; Fig. 4; is a top plan view partially in section; Fig. 5 is a section on the line of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5', and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail sectional views of various forms of mutilating rolls.

In. the specification and drawings, similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

Referring more particularlyto the drawings, the casing, inclosing the actuating mechanism may be constructed in the most preferable manner. In the drawings it is shown to consist of a front plate 1, rear plate 2, side plates 3 and 4, and a top curved plate The said casing and the mechanism incloscd therein may be supported upon any well known type of pedestal (not necessary to be shown. A housing 6 is arranged in the lower part of the casing, within which a till 7 is pivoted at 8 and provided with a. plurality of compartments as is shown in Fig. 2. The till 7 is adapted to swing outwardly and is instrumental in providing a receptacle for small coins as may be needed by the conductor in making change. The casing is also provided with a horizontal division plate 9 upon which rests the fare box proper 10. which receives the fares, such as cash, tickets and transfers. Said box 10 may be withdrawn and inserted in the casing through a suitable opening in the side 4 and is further provided with a plurality of division walls 11 to separate the various fares. The front plate 1, at its upper end. is provided with a hori- Zontal extension 13 upon which is mounted a table 14 preferably made of glass and upon which the fares are deposited. The inner terminal of the said table extends into the casing adjacent to the feed rollers 41 and 42 to be again referred to. Said horizontal extension 13 is provided with an opening through which indicators 15 are viewable when actuated. The indicators 15 are mounted on segments 16 attached to hubs 17 pivotally mounted on a shaft 18. which is mounted in extensions 19 of the side plates 3 and 4. The said indicators 1 are surrounded by a suitable casing 20 and are held normally out of visible positions and are returned to non-indicating positions by springs 21 which surround the individual hubs 17. The said indicators 15 are placed in indicating positions by a series of rods 23 provided with heads 24 adapted to extend through an opening 25 in the indicator casing 20. and to engage the individual projections 26 of said indicators when said rods are elevated. Said rods 23 are slidingly mounted on the front plate 1 and are guided in their movements by lugs 27. \Vhen the said indicators are moved to indicating positions, they are held in such positions until a fare of another denomination is received. Each indicator is so held by a wing 28 mounted on a rod 29 and controlled by a spring 30, said wing 28 being adapted to engage shoulders 31 on the projections 26 of the indicators.

It will be noted that when one indicator is in an indicating position and another indicator is actuated, the projection 31 of the second indicator, before being caught by the wing 28, will release said wing 28 from engagement with the projection 31 of the first indicator, thereby allowing the first indicator to be returned to a normal position by its spring 21. The indicator casing 20 is provided with an inner plate 32 which is instrumental in concealing the actuating mechanism of the indicators, as is shown in Fig. 1. The lower ends of the indicator-actuating-rods 23 are attached at 33 to individual bell-crank levers 34 pivoted at 35 to the plate 2 and extended upward and provided with handles 36. There are three of such bell-crank levers 34 corresponding to the three fares, cash, tickets and transfers, although it will be readily understood that the machine may be constructed to accommodate any number of. fares, in which case it would mean a multiplication of the indicators and their individual cotiperating parts. \Vhen any one of the levers 34 is actuated, its corresponding rod 23 will likewise be actuated which will in turn actuate a corresponding indicator 15. Said levers 34 are actuated by the conductor according to the fare deposited by the passenger on the table 14. It will be readily understood that the said levers may with equal facility be actuated by the foot through the instrumentality of the weights 37 which may connect with pedals (not shown) but which may be of the type shown and described in my former application above referred to. To compel the operator or fare collector to give the levers 34 a complete stroke and thus properly operate the machine, any well known form of full-stroke mechanism 38 may be provided.

hen a fare, placed on the table 14 by a passenger, is, for example, a cash fare. such as a nickel or five-cent piece, the conductor pushes the same under the curved top plate 5 of the casing. The coin passes into a chute formed by curved plates 39 and 40 and division plates 67 and then drops into its proper compartment in the fare box 10. See Fig. 6. When the fare is paper, such as a ticket or transfer, it is in the same manner pushed from the table 14 in between rollers 41 and 42, which are mounted on shafts 43 and 44 journaled in bearings 49 on the sides 3 and 4. The shafts 43 and 44 are provided with inner meshing gears 45 and 46 whereby the rollers 41 and 42 are caused to rotate in unison.

The said rollers 41 and 42 are rotated by the levers 34 to draw in and mutilate the tickets and transfers, follows. The gear 46 is .in mesh with the gear 47 mounted on a shaft 48 journaled in the bearings 49 on the sides 3 and 4. Said shaft 48 is provided with ratchets 50 engaged by pawls 51 mounted on disks 52 freely rotatable on the shaft 48. Said disks 52 are provided with pinions 53 in mesh with segment gears 54 attached to the ticket and transfer levers 34. It will be seen that whenever either the ticket or transfer levers 34 are actuated, the rollers 41 and will be rotated. The rollers 42 are provided with mutilating devices, such as disks 55, as shown in Fig. 5; pins 56, as shown in Fig. 7; or knives 57, as shown in Fig. 8. The upper roller 41 is provided with grooves 58 to accommodate the mutilating devices of the lower rollers 42 thereby permitting said upper roller 41 to press the paper fare against the mutilating devices whereby the tickets and transfers are rendered void after passing through the rollers. After passing through the rollers, the paper fares drop into their proper receptacle in the fare boX 10 through chutes formed by curved plates 39 and 40 and division plates 67, the same as the cash fare.

The rear plate 2 may be provided with shelves 59 upon which the tickets, transfers and the conductors punch may be kept for use. These shelves 59 may be provided with clamps 60 which are instrumental in maintaining the tickets and transfers on the shelves.

The operation of one causes the fare corresponding thereto to be registered and recorded by the following means: Mounted in front of the plate 1 and supported in any suitable manner is a fare register 61 which may be of any well known type, such as that shown and described in Letters Patent to John F. ()hmer, et al, No. 694,322, of Feb. 25, 1902. Said register 61 is provided with a plurality of counters 62 having individual actuators 63 which are operatively connected to vertically movable actuators or slides 64. The said slides 64 are provided with lugs 65 which are received by notches 66 in the levers 34. It will, therefore, be seen that the operation of a lever 34 actuates the corresponding counter 62 in the register 61, thereby recording the fare placed upon the table 14 by the passenger. he register mechanism within the casing 61 forms no feature of the present invention and only enough thereof is referred to to show the manner of use to which the present improvements are applicable.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a fare box, a casing having a fare receiving slot and a table the inner termiof the levers 34 nalof which extendsthrough saidslot into said casing, a pair of rollers arranged on the interior of said casing adjacent to said inner terminal and adapted to receive the paper fares from said table and to cancel the same, an indicator to exhibit the values of the fares projected through said slot, an actuating member cooperating with each indicator, counters for registering each fare, actuating devices cooperating with each counter, and a series of levers each of which actuates the feed rollers and a specific indicator and counter.

2. In a fare box, a casing having a fare receiving slot and a table the inner terminal of which extends through said slot into said casing, a pair of rollers arranged on the interior of said casing adjacent to said inner terminal and adapted to receive the paper fares from said table and to cancel the same, an indicator to exhibit the values of the fares projected through said slot, an actuating member cooperating with each indicator, counters for registering each fare, actuating devices cooperating With each counter, and a series of levers each of which actuates the feed rollers and a specific indicator and counter, each of said levers being geared to the feed rollers, and the connections between each lever and the means for actuating its respective indicator and register being adjacent to each other.

3. In a fare box, a casing having a ticket receiving slot therein, an outwardly lying horizontal table upon which the tickets are moved into said slot, said table having its inner portion extended beyond the slot on the interior of the casing to support the tickets in a level position when passed into the slot, combined ticket feeding and canceling rollers mounted on the interior of the asing, the engaging surfaces of said rollers being relatively close to and in alinement with said table so that the tickets are engaged by the rollers before passing from the table, counters for registering each ticket canceled and delivered by said rollers, an actuating member for each counter, and a series of bell-crank levers each of which is connected to a respective counter actuating member and geared to said ticket-feeding and canceling rollers.

t. In a fare box, a casing having a ticket receiving slot therein, a table supported on said casing having a portion projected through said slot, combined ticket-feeding and 'anceling rollers mounted in said casing adjacent to the portion of the table within the casing, the engaging surfaces of said rollers being substantially in a plane with the upper surface of the table, indicaters upon which are shown the values of the tickets. an actuator for each of such indicators, a series of counters which regis ter the values of the tickets, an actuator for ea h of such counters. and a series of bellcrank levers adapted to simultaneously operate said indicator and counter actuators and said ticket feeding and canceling rollers.

5. In a fare box. a casing having a ticket receiving slot therein, an outwardly lying horizontal table upon which the tickets are moved into said slot. said table having a portion extended. through said slot on the interior of the casing to support the tickets in a level position when passing into the slot. combined ticket feeding and canceling rollers mounted on the interior of the casing, the engaging surfaces of said rollers being relatively close to and in alinement with the table so that the tickets are engaged by the rollers before passing from the table. indicators and counters for indirating and registering each ticket canceled and delivered by said rollers, individual actuating members 23 for said indicators, individual actuating members (it for said counters. a series of angular levers 34 engaging at their lower ends said indicator and counter actuators, and means on said levers for actuating the ticket feeding and canceling rollers.

In. testimony whereof I aflix my signature. in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN F. OHMER.

Vitnesses:

IDA F. LU'rz, MATTHEW SIEBLER.

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